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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 27 October 1988

Thursday

Lunar date
农历戊辰年九月十七
戊辰 (Wuchen) · Year of the Dragon · 壬戌 乙卯
Nayin Water of the Great Stream
Solar term
Frost's Descent
Pentad · chái nǎi jì shòu
Next solar term · Start of Winter 1988-11-07
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Preparing one's own tomb · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Avoid everything else

Avoid

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Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Well · auspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
碓磨门 外正东
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars

liù hé · shèng xīn · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · xiǎo hào · sì fèi · wǔ xū · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
01:00–02:59丁丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59戊寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59己卯Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59辛巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Roofing
11:00–12:59壬午Golden CofferWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59癸未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
15:00–16:59甲申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59乙酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59戊子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed

The almanac (huangli) is a Chinese folk tradition. Its rules come from historical texts such as the Xieji Bianfang Shu (1739); it is shown here as cultural heritage, not as a prediction or advice.

This day in other calendars

Gregorian calendar
27 October 1988
Julian calendar
14 October 1988 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Wuchen year (Dragon), month 9, day 17
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4321, month 9, day 17
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 17, Earth Dragon year, month 9, day 18
Hebrew calendar
16 Heshvan 5749 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
15 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1409 AH
Ethiopian calendar
17 Tikimt 1981 EC
Coptic calendar
17 Paopi 1705 AM
Japanese era calendar
Shōwa 63, October 27
Minguo calendar
27 October, Minguo 77
Maya calendars
12.18.15.8.19 10 Kawak 2 Sak'
Aztec calendars
10 Quiahuitl (rain), 16 Izcalli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
5 Phamenoth, Peret (growth), year 2737 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
prid. Id. Oct., 2741 AUC